Needless to say, Equality California Executive Director Geoff Kors was happy about this turn of events:
"Attorney General Brown's position that Proposition 8 should be invalidated demonstrates that he is a leader of courage and conviction," said Equality California Executive Director Geoff Kors. "We are very pleased that upon review of the law, he has moved from his previous statements that he would defend Prop 8. As the state's highest attorney, Jerry Brown has done his job today to defend the Constitution and protect the rights of minority groups, including the more than 18,000 same-sex couples who married in California."This comes late in a day where the heterosexual supremacists defending Proposition 8, led by law professor Kenneth Starr filed motions with the state's highest court arguing that all same-sex couples (estimated to be over 18,000, including mine) should be annulled.
So far, all I've seen are news reports--the High Profile Cases section of the CA Supreme Court website doesn't [yet?] contain Jerry Brown's brief. (The brief co-authorized by Kenneth Starr is available in full on Pam's House Blend.) I'm very curious to see Brown's full presentation, particularly as he apparently also argues that Prop 8 is, in fact, "only" an amendment and not a revision to the constitution.
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